From: Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   4. access path (Leif Svalgaard)
> >Somebody enlighten me...
> "...enlighten..."? Well, we'll see.
>
> >From the venerable _IBM System/38 Technical Developments_ chapter
'System/38 data base concepts':

> More detail is in the book, but none seems clear enough to help.
>

That is the point. An index (or an alternate index) is a simple, clear-cut
concept. IBM made it mysterious by hidden it behind the label
"access path". Well, thanks everybody for the clarification.




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